The advdate package

Advance Date Package for LATEX 2ε

© Z. Wagner – Ice Bear Soft, <wagner@mbox.cesnet.cz>

20 Oct 1996

This package contains macros which can add specified number of days to the current
date (as specified in \today) and print it. Some other macros are also provided. It is
intended for use e. g. in invoices payable within 14 days from today etc.
Macros with one default argument [in square brackets]
\AdvanceDate Default: [1]
Advances date the specified number of days and sets the result to
\today
\DayAfter Default: [1]
Advances date by call to \AdvanceDate, prints \today and restores
the oroginal value of \today
\SaveDate Default: [\s@v@dT@d@y]
Saves \today into the specified macro
\SetDate Default: [\s@v@dT@d@y]
Sets the date stored in \today. The argument must be in form:
[dd/mm/yyyy] and may be present in a macro because the argument
is always expanded before use. The value saved by \SaveDate can be
used here.

Macros with one mandatory argument

\ThisDay sets \day
\ThisMonth sets \month
\ThisYear sets \year
\AdvMonth advances \month and fixes it
\AdvYear advances \year

Macros without arguments

\FixMonth fixes \today so that 0 < \month < 13
\FixDate fixes \today so that it is valid